I recently bought a Stanley Jack plane at a flea market.  In researching it seemed to be a match for a type 3 (1872-1873) jack plane except that it has a corrugated bottom which Stanley didn’t produce until the 1890s. If my research is correct I know that parts of the plane can be assembled from different years.  I think the plane blade is newer than the rest of the plane.  The bottom of the plane is not flat so I would like to flatten it and clean it up a bit but don’t want to do too much restoring incase the plane has collector value.

The Jack plane is 13 3/4” long, 2 3/8” wide and the blade is 2” wide.

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Thank you

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[SidesParticipant September 5, 2017 at 7:55 pm Post count: 52]

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It looks to be in pretty good shape. Did you use the flow chart on hyperkitten? I wouldn’t worry about collector value, if the plane has parts from different types. The collectors usually want every thing must match for the type, in top condition too. I would clean it up and use it, that is just me. Nice find.

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[Mike in TNParticipant September 8, 2017 at 7:09 am Post count: 271]

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Hi Cristopete,

Like Sides said, most collectors want their planes to be rare, and/or in pristine condition, Typing a plane can get complicated due to the fact that many manufacturers would continue to use up old inventory when assembling parts, where those parts are interchangeable, and many previous owners would change out parts over time. Later on, several manufacturers began producing “clones” of the Stanley planes and even the individual parts were interchangeable, so you have to look at each part of an old plane to make sure each part has all of the features of the original. Your plane definitely has some parts with the features of older types but my opinion is that you may have a “franken” plane with a part or parts from different planes. This isn’t a problem for a user as long as all the parts work well together.

Considering the condition, like Sides, I wouldn’t worry about hurting the collector value and would just go ahead and tune it up and put it to use which beats putting it under glass to look at.

Have fun

 

 

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[jerry sParticipant March 7, 2018 at 7:13 pm Post count: 2]

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the front knob and tote dont look like stanley to me, does it say stanley or bailey on the plane any where?

[christospeteParticipant March 8, 2018 at 11:30 am Post count: 2]

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Not sure.

I don’t have it here to check. It is at another location I can’t get to due to heavy snow fall. Stanley is only on the blade I think and the blade is early 1900s. The date on the adjusting knob and the frog/lever cap shape is what made me think it was a Stanley Type 3 after using the flow chart on hyper kitten. It now appears to be a mix of plane parts from different years and may not be Stanley after all.
Thank you, Chris

[jerry sParticipant March 8, 2018 at 7:38 pm Post count: 2]

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chris   sorry about the snow we only got about 2″ and its mostly gone already. im ready for spring. stanley irons from that time were very good its probaley laminated.   jerry

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